Are exchanges even allowed to say things like that?

Those guys are jokes. It's not their job to speculate on the value, just offer the best service possible.

yeah, i noticed that too. so mtgox speculate over bitcoin price. very unprofessional.

someone needs to delete this post... it is a bald assertion that is false to anyone's knowledge.

i understand we all hate mt gox but accusations like this are serious, and crying wolf on legitimate business just helps real ponzis battle rumors.

As far as I am concerned, when you spell "bitcoin" with the first letter capitalized, you are talking about the currency, the network and community as a whole, not the unit itself, so I would interpret their statement to mean" Bitcoin will not die because of this." But, yeah, it can be misleading.

Even if  it is the other case, Gox may just tried to be Captain obvious, not Charles Ponzi. Suppose the bitcoin price does not rise again, there are only two remaining scenarios, it goes straight down or flatline, either way Gox can't make money anymore and has to close, so obviously they have to believe the price will rise again.

It is, but if you read the statement carefully, you can see many mistakes made. They capitalize the initials of the phrase "panic sell", and use "temporarily" in place where they should use "temporary", I suspect that whoever put that down could be in serious hangover after all that happened that day.

Since it's just one single instance I will give them the benefit of doubt, if I see the same thing to happen another 2 or 3 times, I may raise my level of suspicion.

We are confident ... that Bitcoin  will rise again. Nuff said.

Their main source of income is not depending on higher prices directly, but price attracts interest which leads to more trades with them.

Price recovering would also be an indicator that the market didn't got scared because of the DDos and if that was their belief at the time such statement makes sense.

However DDossing has happend two times since and Gox have babied the price afterwards each time with their cool down periods. If this ever goes to a court of law they have to proof that they never had any agreement with the DDosser as their efforts to recover trust and get people buying again two times more have led to yet another attack.

I really don't understand how MtGox is still the default exchange. What with all you highly skilled technical enthusiasts devoting so much time an energy to the bitcoin experiment. Oh, wait, that would be actual work and not just a circlejerk. My bad.

If you sell Phoenix and take money for it, and say it will rise - it is clear Ponzi with all such conditions.

If you don't sell Phoenix and tell it will rise - it's not a Ponzi. Feel the difference?

That statement does look like investment advice.

It would be better to keep these things separate from statements by the exchange. Keeping the mania alive is very much in Gox' interest and a naïve person might go by it.